Don’t try this at home
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Cat sdp, Dec 12, 2019.
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Water injection?
Hope it's a company truck...lolFlaSwampRat and singlescrewshaker Thank this. -
Hydrogen fuel cell power maybe......
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Well as long as he goes slow and the water dont get much higher the air intake should be above water... But as we see in the video a good amount of water is still sloshing into the intake, because its coming out the stack... Id bet he didnt make it much farther... And probably trashed the engine... SMDH
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Very cool concept that was used in WW-2.
Water mixed with methanol was injected into the fuel mixture to increase power for short periods, such as take off or steep climbing, dogfights...
My dad told me about it, so I tried it.
I could advance the timing a few degrees more and adjust for a richer fuel mixture in full throttle conditions with it.Flat Earth Trucker, MYSTYKRACER, FlaSwampRat and 1 other person Thank this. -
I have an AEM water/meth injection kit on my ecoboost F150 ( 3.5l twin turbo ).FlaSwampRat Thanks this. -
I'd guess this was during hurricane Harvey but this kind of surface street flooding is annoyingly common during any heavy rain event.FlaSwampRat Thanks this. -
The water cools things, but the methanol burns to give some added heat and power.
All is good until you get into an accident with the system turned on, and then you get the chambers filled with it.
Total lock up. Nothing moves, and a lot of damage.
I got T-boned from a drunk racing through a red light.Flat Earth Trucker Thanks this. -
It’s a drive thru truck wash.
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You must live on the west side.Flat Earth Trucker and FlaSwampRat Thank this.
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